Detection of circulating hepatocellular carcinoma cells in peripheral venous blood by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-76

  Liu, Yang ^a   Wu, Meng Chao ^a   Qian, Guang Xiang ^a   Zhang, Bai He ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Liver neoplasms; mRNA; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TUMOR VOLUME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VEINS;

EID: 0038604799     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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